ఎలుక యేట్లో పోతేనేమి, పులి బోనున పోతేనేమి

Telugu

Etymology

Literally, “what if the rat is carried down the river? What if the tiger is caught in the trap?”

Proverb

ఎలుక యేట్లో పోతేనేమి, పులి బోనున పోతేనేమి • (eluka yēṭlō pōtēnēmi, puli bōnuna pōtēnēmi)

  1. who cares?

References

  • “ఎలుక యేట్లో పోతేనేమి, పులి బోనున పోతేనేమి.” in Captain M. W. Carr (1868) A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters, Madras: Christian Knowledge Society's Press, page 16
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